Is there anyway to automate & sort the list of topics
from newest to oldest? My topics each have a date to start off the
Topic name and i'd like it to start with the most recent date on
top as opposed to oldest on top.

Hello eynar23 and welcome to the RH community.
Unfortunately in your case, the automated TOC creation
feature builds the TOC from the folders / files structure in the
"HTML FILES (Topics)" folder in your porject. As this auto sorts
alphanumerically there is nothing you can do to sort your topics
differently. You may want to submit this as a
feature
request. In the meantime, sort your TOC manually.